-Golgi network (TGN). Intracellular trafficking of CD-MPR is mediated by sorting signals in its 67 amino acid cytoplasmic tail, which prevent it from entering the lysosome, where it would be degraded. CD-MPR is predominantly expressed in mouse testicular germ cells and shows differentiated expression during maturation of rat spermatozoa. Increased expression of CD-MPR in Alzheimer’s disease and the location of the CD-MPR gene next to a region on chromosome 12 which is possibly linked to the disease indicate that CD-MPR may play a role in Alzheimer’s disease.
